Balloon Vine is the well known medicinal herb. Its botanical name is Cardiospermum halicacabum (Family Sapindaceae). It is also called Balloon vine Heart seed, Heart-Pea, Heartseed, Lesser Balloonvine, Love in a Puff, Winter-Cherry (English) Kapalphoti, Khanphuti (Hindi) and Indravalli (Sanskrit). How this plant got the name baloon vine? It is obvius – see the baloon like seed pods